Planning for a Sustainable Future:
A Federal Sustainable Development Strategy for Canada

Sustainable Development Office
Environment Canada

September 2010

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Annex 6: List of Acronyms

The following acronyms are frequently used throughout the chapters of the FSDS presented here for convenience:

CED:

Clean Energy Dialogue

CESD:

Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development

CESI:

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators

CSR:

Corporate Social Responsibility

DPR:

Departmental Performance Report

EMS:

Expenditure Management System

FCM:

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

FSDA:

Federal Sustainable Development Act

FSDS:

Federal Sustainable Development Strategy

FTE:

Full Time Equivalent

IPCC:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

OECD:

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PM_2.5:

Particulate Matter

PRI:

Policy Research Initiative

RPP:

Report on Plans and Priorities

SCP:

Sustainable patterns of Consumption and Production

SD:

Sustainable Development

SDO:

Sustainable Development Office

SEA:

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SMART:

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound

TBS:

Treasury Board Secretariat

The following acronyms are used within Annexes 1 through 4 to specify those federal organizations that lead, or share the accountability for, the implementation strategies identified in support of the targets.

AAFC -

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

ACOA -

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

CFIA -

Canada Food Inspection Agency

DEC -

Canada Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec

DFAIT -

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

DFO -

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

EC -

Environment Canada

FIN -

Finance Canada

HC -

Health Canada

HRSDC -

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

IC -

Industry Canada

INAC -

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

NRCan -

Natural Resources Canada

PC -

Parks Canada Agency

PWGSC -

Public Works and Government Services Canada

Stats Can -

Statistics Canada

TC -

ransport Canada

WD -

Western Economic Diversification

The following acronyms are frequently used throughout Annexes 1-4 and are presented here for convenience.

ACOA -

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

AOCs -

Areas of Concern

AQHI -

Air Quality Health Index

BCR -

Bird Conservation Region

BLIERS -

Base-Level Industrial Emission Requirements

BMP -

Beneficial Management Practices

CAAQS -

Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards

CAC -

Criteria Air Contaminants

CAEP -

Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection

CAMS -

Comprehensive Air Management System

CARA -

Clean Air Regulatory Agenda

CBWM -

Community-Based Water Monitor

CCME -

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

CCS -

Carbon Capture and Storage

CEPA 1999 -

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CESI -

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators

CITES -

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CMA -

Census Metropolitan Area

COSEWIC -

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

CSR -

Corporate Social Responsibility

DISO -

Departmental Individual Standing Offer

EEE -

electronic and electrical equipment

EHO -

Environmental Health Officer

FCSAP -

Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan

FSDA -

Federal Sustainable Development Act

GCDWQ -

Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality

GHG -

Greenhouse Gases

GLSF -

Great Lakes Sustainability Fund

GLWQA -

Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

HFCs -

hydrofluorocarbons

ICAO -

International Civil Aviation Organization

IFIT -

Investment in Forest Industry Transformation

IMO -

International Maritime Organization

LMI -

Labour Market Information

LRTAP -

Long Range Transboundary Air Pollutants

LSCUF -

Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund

MBSs -

Migratory Bird Sanctuaries

MEF -

Major Economies Forum

MOU -

Memorandum of Understanding

NAHARP -

National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting Program

NAWMP -

North American Waterfowl Management Plan

NCGAVS -

National Carbon Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Verification System

NO_x -

Nitrogen Oxide

NPRI -

National Pollutant Release Inventory

NWAs -

National Wildlife Areas

NWT -

Northwest Territories

PERD -

Program on Energy Research and Development

PM -

Particulate Matter

REDD -

Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

RENEW -

National Recovery Program

SARA -

Species At Risk Act

SLCF -

Short Lived Climate Forcers

SMART -

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time Bound

UNECE -

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNFCCC -

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

VOCs -

Volatile Organic Compounds

WEBs -

Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices

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